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du6lion, which is effe6ted in a few days, is fcarce per- 
ceptible ; and it is fo perfect, that no protuberant rim or 
vihble fear remains. Neither the colour, the fize, nor 
the form, are any w^ays altered. This anemony is able to 
creep w^hen deprived of its limbs ; which feems to j^rove, 
that the communication, wdiich is thought to exift be- 
tween the limbs and the hollow mufcles, may be inter- 
rupted, without fenfibly reftraining the animal’s loco- 
motive powers. Thofe limbs, it is true, enable the ani- 
mal to crawl when turned on its back; but do by no 
means ferve as legs for walking fteadily, as hath been 
erroneoufly afferted, and mifreprefented in ill-drawm fi- 
gures. I made large incihons on feveral anemonies 
in the fea, which healed in a very fliort time ; but I al- 
ways took care not to injure the bafis, as any confidera- 
ble wound, and efpecially the leafl rent, on that part of 
this fpecies proves often mortal. I do not mean to quef- 
tion the pofiibility of what hath been repeatedly faid of 
I an 
gres de cette reproduftion, qui s’opere enpeu de jours, font difficiles a faifir et a 
fuivre, die eft ft parfaite qu’il n’y a aucun bourrelet. La couleur, la grofleur, et 
la forme font les memes. Lorfque I’anemone a les membres coupes, die ne lailTe 
pas de marcher: ce qui prouve que fi, comme on la cru, il y a communication 
entre les membres et les mufcles creux, die peut dre interceptee fans que les 
mouvemens en foient fenfiblement genes. Ces membres fervent bien a I’anemone 
a fe trainer, lorfqu’dle eft retournee ou renverfee ; mais ils ne lui fervent pas de 
jambes pour marcher ferme, comme on Fa pretendu, et comme le reprefentent 
des figures mal deffinees. J’ai fait de grandes incifions a des anemones qui 
etoient en mer; elles fe font cicatrifees; mais j’epargnois la bafe: car les bleflures 
confiderables y font fouvent mortelles dans cette elpece, fur tout les dechiremens. 
Ce qu’on a dit et repete d’une anehuone, qui nc pouvant rendre une moule,. Favoit 
i fait 
